Baloch people

Baloch
بلوچ
*Balōč*
	sardar Hossein Khan naroei(shirani), Iranian Baloch chiefs in bampur west balochistanQajar era, c. 1884
Total population
	56 ~ 58 Million
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan	48,000,000
Iran	5,000,000
UAE	468,000
Oman	1,000,000
India	1,000,000
Turkmenistan	300,000
Afghanistan	2,000,000
Saudi Arabia	16,000
Languages
	Main: Balochi, Brahui; Secondary: Saraiki, Jadgali, Sistani, Lasi, Bashkardi, Khetrani, Dehwari
Religion
	Majority: Sunni Islam ; Minority: Zikrism

The Baloch (بلوچ) are an Iranian ethnic group who live in the region of Balochistan which includes the regions of southeastern Iran, southern Afghanistan, and southwestern Pakistan.

The Baloch speak the Balochi language, an Iranian language. They mainly live in mountainous places of the Iranian plateau in Iran, Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan. Balochistan is an arid semi-desert mountainous region inhabited by the Baloch people.

References

↑ "CIA World Factbook". cia.gov. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
↑ "Iran Minorities 2: Ethnic Diversity". iranprimer.usip.org. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
↑ "United Arab Emirates: Languages". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://thebalochistanpost.net/2023/02/baloch-population-scattered-around-the-world/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ KOKAISLOVÁ, Pavla, KOKAISL Petr. Ethnic Identity of The Baloch People. Central Asia and The Caucasus. Journal of Social and Political Studies. Volume 13, Issue 3, 2012, p. 45-55., ISSN 1404-6091
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↑ Baloch, Southern in Saudi Arabia, Joshua Project.
↑ "Demography of Religion in the Gulf". Mehrdad Izady. 2013.
↑ Baloch, Inayatullah (2 January 2015). "Zikris of Balochistan". Oxford in Pakistan Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology. Retrieved 9 August 2023. quoted in "Zikris under attack in Balochistan". Dawn. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
↑ Cite error: The named reference Baloch-Responsible-2014 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

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[Baloch_population_in_Pakistan-1] "CIA World Factbook". cia.gov. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[The_Iran_Primer-2] "Iran Minorities 2: Ethnic Diversity". iranprimer.usip.org. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[Languages_of_United_Arab_Emirates-3] "United Arab Emirates: Languages". Ethnologue.com. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

[OM-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://thebalochistanpost.net/2023/02/baloch-population-scattered-around-the-world/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Balochi_in_TM-5] KOKAISLOVÁ, Pavla, KOKAISL Petr. Ethnic Identity of The Baloch People. Central Asia and The Caucasus. Journal of Social and Political Studies. Volume 13, Issue 3, 2012, p. 45-55., ISSN 1404-6091

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[8] "Demography of Religion in the Gulf". Mehrdad Izady. 2013.

[Baloch-2015-9] Baloch, Inayatullah (2 January 2015). "Zikris of Balochistan". Oxford in Pakistan Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology. Retrieved 9 August 2023. quoted in "Zikris under attack in Balochistan". Dawn. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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